When Does "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" (2008) Take Place?
"Zack and Miri Make a Porno" is a comedy film written by Kevin Smith that released October 31st, 2008. So when is "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" set?
It takes place in the years:
We know this because Bobby Long's boyfriend Brandon St. Randy uses an iPhone smartphone, which first became available for purchase on June 29th, 2007 AD so it must be during or after mid 2007 AD. Later, Lester Cockenschtuff says, "Deacon... Deacon... Deacon... Did you see "LOST' this week man, I missed it. What happened?", saying "this week" strongly implies that Lester is referring to a new episode of the television show "LOST" (2004), which aired new episodes from September 22nd, 2004 AD to May 23rd, 2010 AD so it must be before mid-2010 AD during the middle of the story.
2008 AD - 2009 AD
We know this because Bobby Long's boyfriend Brandon St. Randy uses an iPhone smartphone, which first became available for purchase on June 29th, 2007 AD so it must be during or after mid 2007 AD. Later, Lester Cockenschtuff says, "Deacon... Deacon... Deacon... Did you see "LOST' this week man, I missed it. What happened?", saying "this week" strongly implies that Lester is referring to a new episode of the television show "LOST" (2004), which aired new episodes from September 22nd, 2004 AD to May 23rd, 2010 AD so it must be before mid-2010 AD during the middle of the story.
More specifically, Zack Brown tells Delaney early in the movie, "I actually just need a lot of recovery time, uhh, tonight is, uhh, me and Miri's 10-year high school reunion– I'm just gonna get fucking alcohol poisoning." Later at the reunion party itself, the new issue of Zack and Miriam Linky's high school alma mater's newsletter "The Roving Roe-ver" is visible for just an instant but it reads, "WELCOME BACK MONROE-VERS Class of 1998" at the top.
1998 + 10 = 2008.
The movie starts on the day before the reunion party when Delaney says, "Tomorrow's Thanksgiving." So it's late November of 2008 AD at the beginning. Near the end, there is a time jump labeled with a title card reading: "Three Months Later..." We don't know how much time has passed until this point and the title can't be corroborated by context but even 3 months after the very start of the plot carries us into the next year. So the end of the narrative is almost certainly in early 2009 AD.
11.2008 + 3 months = 2.2009.
